Texas Republic People, Groups, and Events

Who was the 2nd elected President of the Republic of Texas?

• David G. Burnett
• Sam Houston
• Mirabeau B. Lamar
• Anson Jones

Who was the last President of the Republic of Texas?

• David G. Burnett
• Sam Houston
• Mirabeau B. Lamar
• Anson Jones

Under President Lamar, this meeting with the Comanche tribe in San Antonio resulted in many deaths.  This also increased the number of Indian raids on Anglo settlements.

• Council House Fight
• Santa Fe Expedition
• Cordova Rebellion
• Mier Expedition

Who was a Cherokee Chief that was killed when Lamar ordered all Cherokee out of Texas?

• Jose Antonio Navarro
• Chief Bowles
• Vicente Cordova
• Matilda Lockhart

Who recorded in a diary many of the important events during the Republic of Texas years?

• Matilda Lockhart
• Sam Houston
• Mirabeau B. Lamar
• Mary Maverick

Who served in the Republic of Texas Congress and worked to preserve Tejano rights?

• Chief Bowles
• Jose Antonio Navarro
• Juan Seguin
• Vicente Cordova

Why did many people move to the Republic of Texas?

• To help fight Santa Anna
• They were angry about the Alamo
• For better economic opportunities & land
• Because they wanted to become Catholic

Who was the 1st elected President of the Republic of Texas?

• David G. Burnett
• Sam Houston
• Mirabeau B. Lamar
• Anson Jones

Annexation is:

• The process of one country taking over all or part of another country

• The process of one state leaving a country

• America's plan to reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific

• Always a hostile takeover of someone else's land

Which President would have said the following: "The white man and the red man can not dwell in harmony together as nature forbids it."

• Sam Houston

• Mirabeau Lamar